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How to enable exception printing in Magento

When Magento cannot work properly for some reason, it shows an error page like this:

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There has been an error processing your request

Exception printing is disabled by default for security reasons.

Error log record number:Â 407574116375

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In order to see the exact error, you need to go to the Magento installation folder > var > report > , and check the output. In the above case the file containing the error report would be var/report/407574116375. The error log record number is different every time the error page is shown.

If, however, you want to be able to see this output (called exception printing) directly in your browser, here's what you need to do: